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Government information policy: Access to public sector information
Presentation to CAUL meeting no 2. 2012
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Some key developmentsYear Report/change
1964 Commonwealth Parliamentary Select Committee on Parliamentary and Government Publications report (Erwin report)
1997 Management of Government Information as a National Strategic Resource (Wainwright report)
1997 AGPS moves to NOIE
2006 Joint Committee on Publications Distribution of the Parliamentary Papers Series
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Year Report/change
2009 Engage: Getting on with Government 2.0
2010 Electronic distribution of the Parliamentary Papers Series
2010 FoI Act changesEstablishment of Office of the Australian Information Commissioner
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Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC)
Government information responsibilities:• FoI• Privacy• Information policy
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Policy responsibilities include
• Attorney Generals Department• Department of Finance and Deregulation,
including AGIMO – some changes recommended by Williams report 2012 (http://agimo.govspace.gov.au/policy-guides-procurement/review-of-the-operational-activities-and-structure-of-agimo
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Towards an Australian Government Information PolicyPrinciples on open public sector information
1: Open access to information – a default position
2: Engaging the community
3: Effective information governance
4: Robust information asset management
5: Discoverable and useable information
6: Clear reuse rights
7: Appropriate charging for access
8: Transparent enquiry and complaints processes http://www.oaic.gov.au/publications/papers/issues_paper1_towards_australian_government_information_policy.pdf
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Major developments
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FoI
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But what has happened to government publishing?• Devolved responsibilities• Overall trend reduction in “publications” of
around 50% over the past decade (recorded in NBD)
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Challenges: finding
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One agency – a decade of change
• 2001 publications – where did online publications go?
On agency website29%
On another website (university, OECD)
19%
Pandora24%
No longer available online29%
Agency A: 2001 online publications loca-tions in 2011
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Agency in 2011• Consistent with figures from the NBD which show reduced publishing (NBD)
by about 50% from 2001 to 2011. • Now majority are online.
2001 20110%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
120%
Not online
Online
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2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 20120
1,000
2,000
3,000
4,000
5,000
6,000
7,000
8,000
Commonwealth government publications recorded in NBD
Tit
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Information publications scheme (IPS)
• specifies categories of information that must be published
• 2012 OAIC survey– 94% have an IPS plan– 95% have a senior officer with IPS
responsibilities– 85% publish on their website information
required under the FOI Act http://www.oaic.gov.au/publications/reports/IPS_survey_report.html
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But
• Accessibility: – 20% documents published under the IPS are in a
format (or multiple formats) which conform to WCAG 2.0 requirements,
– 30% most of their documents comply,– 44% some documents comply, and – 5% none of their documents comply
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Discoverability
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Issues: Long term access
– Agencies often have only the most up to date manual or guidance
– Around 10% of material is not online (see http://www.anao.gov.au/uploads/documents/2008-09_Audit_Report_37.pdf and this study)
– Directories - only latest information online– Machinery of government changes mean
website addresses change and documents are “archived” or lost
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Issues
• Metadata – how can we find information?– Gaps in metadata now
• Awareness– Parliamentary papers – strong knowledge of
standards – IPS - strong knowledge– Long term access and discovery less
• Data– A plateau?
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Top 6 issues from survey
• moving to open licensing, • complying with web accessibility guidelines, • applying metadata to documents, • adopting charging policies that balance openness and
commercialisation, • creating governance aligned to a proactive release
culture, and • getting leadership support for this cultural change.
http://www.oaic.gov.au/news/speeches/john_mcmillan/enabling_tomorrows_open_government_august2012.html
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Developments
• News from the NLA - Pandora plans to harvest all Financial Management and Accountability Act Agencies
• Government libraries under threat (example Queensland) – who will ensure organised collections of agency publications and public access in the future?